"No!"

So much progress!

Wow! It's like you go to church camp for a week, and get a little busy with summer activities and before you know it, it's like Kenzie's grown up. In the past few weeks, she has gotten much more talkative, and guess what...she said her first sentence! ("I want more.") She can now say (pretty clearly or in "Kenzie-talk"); ball, mom, dad, elmo, big bird, bird, dog, yes mam, baby, no (one of her favorites at the moment), yes, drink, juice, more, please, thank you, night-night, light, food, blanket, and a few simple words like that, etc. She's also facing forwards in her carseat; can climb (oh, yes, we have a climber!) up on top of a chair in our living room and turn the lightswitches on and off (it gets annoying after a while); is sitting in a booster seat instead of a highchair; and instead of sitting in her little round seat (idk what it's called) in the bathtub, she now has more freedom on her Elmo mat. I think she's becoming more and more outgoing every day. She loves animals, is a musical prodigy (she's obsessed with piano, and the guitar fascinates her as well); she loves singing and dancing around (especially to old Sesame Street tapes)...and *grins* (just like me) has a huge shoes/clothes/purses fetish. It's truly amazing how well China matches each baby to their family...she has many of the same interests and likes as us, and it's just incredible, isn't it?

(Update on Karli's adoption): we're really just in the same spot where we've been the past few weeks...waiting, waiting, waiting! (Which is kind of tough for me, because to say I'm not the most patient person around would be the understatement of the year). So, we're just leaving it in God's hands, because it's in HIs timing and by His will. Unfortunately, though, this time I won't be going to pick Karli up, and neither will my dad. Instead, my mom and Kylie are going. Kylie is very much ready for China in every way, I think. She's really serious about it, and she's doing summer jobs as fund raisers, so I really do hope that she has a good time.

(Oh, and by the way, my birthday was July 5, so I'm now 13.) :-D